Bug#483658: file conflict kdebase-bin/KDE 4 vs. kcontrol/KDE 3
Package: kdebase-bin
Version: 4:4.0.80-1
Severity: serious
During an upgrade to KDE 4.1 beta 1, as described at
<http://ekaia.org/blog/2008/05/29/how-to-install-kde-4-beta1-from-experimental/>,
a file conflict became apparent during the step "aptitude install -t
experimental kde4-minimal".
Preparing to replace kdebase-bin 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1 (using .../kdebase-bin_4%3a4.0.80-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kdebase-bin ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-bin_4%3a4.0.80-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/keditfiletype', which is also in package kcontrol
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-bin_4%3a4.0.80-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
And then the whole thing errors out at the end.
You probably want to add
Replaces: kcontrol
Conflicts: kcontrol
in kdebase-bin from KDE 4.
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